Land use and land use change is a catchment-wide basic assessing how we are using our land. Over half of the area of the catchment is categorised as “production grassland”, dominated by low producing grassland. Following grassland, the most common land uses in the catchment are forest land (16.6%), and grassland with woody biomass (11.0%). Built-up areas account for only 0.3% of the total area of the catchment.
60%
Areas of built-up land have increased by 60% while the population increased four-fold since 1990.
Data Source
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Agriculture-
StatsNZ
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Transport-
Central Otago District Council
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Energy-
Aroura Engery
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Forestry-
LUCAS QLDC Quality Life survey